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Systems implemented to enable persons with various disabilities to use personal computers and access information stored or displayed on them. These disabilities include impairment of vision, hearing, and problems with fine motor control in the hands.

I was fooling around with iPhone 6 plus and found that when you place finger twice on finger scanner or rotate your finger on the scanner the currently running app or the menu views move down to half ...

Backstory...my mother-in-law fell and has a spinal injury (C5), and she has no finger use, just her arms. I want to give her some control over her iPad to play or pause movies and music. Anyone have ...

I find it easier to use the keyboard to navigate around my Mac.
Most of the apps I use work OK with keyboard shortcuts as they tend to highlight the currently active control.
However, I find the Mac ...

I have "visual alerts" set on my Mac, so the screen flashes white whenever there's a system alert sound. Is there a way I can also run a shell script whenever this happens? I'd like an attached LED to ...

When I enter time machine, under shared, my time capsule shows up, however when I click it, it does nothing. How can I enter time capsule ( assuming in time machine ) and view the exact items stored?
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I am having a problem with the Dock popping up when I have my mouse near the bottom. Before, the Dock would pop up when the mouse was at the very bottom. But the current behavior makes it difficult ...

Ever since upgrading to Yosemite, the accessibility zoom feature is unusable when connected to an external monitor.
Steps to reproduce:
Enable Zoom in System Preferences - Accessibility.
Connect an ...

A totally blind user wants to make use of the KNFB reader but does not want a cell phone, some of the reviews I have read suggest that it works best on the iPhone 6, other reviews suggest that that ...

I'm using OSX Yosemite and I hate how windows maximization works... previously (with Mountain Lion) I was using RightZoom, in order to always maximize windows as it should be (using the whole space). ...

I've enabled dragging in the touchpad settings in Accessibility, but I've also chosen "without drag lock". However, the dragging still continues after I lift my finger, just as it does when I choose ...

I invert the colors on my Mac with cmd+opt+ctrl+8. I was wondering if there was a way (maybe a bookmarklet) to invert only the pictures in Safari so they appear normal when I invert the colors on my ...

General Problem:
I use a large mouse pointer, which covers up mouse-over Help Balloons (AKA Tool Tips)
Although normally ignorable, there are times when that text is important.
Moving the mouse out ...

How do you stop a favorite recorded "gesture" once you are done using it? I am working with patients who have severe fine motor skills deficits. They must use a stylus to work on an iPad or iPhone.
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I installed LastPass and on restarting Chrome got a notification similar to this: http://superuser.com/questions/657015/google-software-update-would-like-to-control-this-computer-what, except it was ...

As the title says, is there a Mac app (Mountain Lion) that will allow me to specify a fixed zoom/magnification amount for a specific window, in a specific app?
I use a particular application (Reason ...

I have an iPhone 4S (iOS 7) and my Hold Button is broken. Consensus on the Internet seems to be that if this is the case, one can maximize phone capability by activating Assistive Touch (Settings > ...